A key issue noted for First appearance of Crom. King Conan #8 was published by Marvel Comics on December 1, 1981, as part of a series that began in 1980. Roy Thomas writes, and art comes from Ernie Chan, Frank Giacoia and George Roussos. This 52-page issue features Conan, Zenobia, Conn, Trocero and Crom, among 6 characters cataloged on VerseDB.